Arlington ISD Student Self-Serve Guide: Navigating Digital Resources and Registration

Arlington Independent School District (AISD) is committed to providing an outstanding educational experience for every child, tailoring opportunities to match their individual passions. This guide serves as a comprehensive resource for students and parents to navigate the digital learning tools and registration processes within AISD.

Digital Learning Resources

AISD provides a wide array of digital tools and platforms to support student learning across all grade levels and subject areas. These resources are designed to enhance instruction, personalize learning, and develop essential digital literacy skills.

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Canvas: AISD's learning management system for grades 3-12.
Seesaw: AISD's learning management system for grades PreK-2, designed to empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate using various media formats.

Core Subject Resources

Ed: Your Friend in Learning: A teaching and learning system for K-12 that combines technology, content, and instruction for a personalized experience with HMH programs. Used in AISD for K-12 Reading and Writing Resources, including Math 180 and Read 180 intervention tools.
STEMscopes: A digital mathematics and science solution for Kindergarten - Grade 8, Biology, and Algebra I. Available in English and Spanish for K-5 science, K-8 mathematics, and Algebra I.
Savvas: An online textbook platform for CTE Grades 9-12, Grades 3-5 Mathematics, HS Algebra I and African America Studies.
Discovery Education: Provides standards-based, digital curriculum resources for K-12 classrooms.
Gizmos: Interactive content that allows students to manipulate variables in a guided-inquiry format to support laboratory and field investigations.
Studies Weekly: Social Studies curriculum organized thematically to the strands of civics and government, geography, economics, and history.
Google Workspace for Education: A set of Google tools and services (Chrome, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Jamboard, Forms, etc.) tailored for schools to collaborate, streamline instruction, and keep learning safe.

Intervention and Support Tools

Imagine Math: A research-based math intervention system designed to support students who are struggling with mathematics.
Istation: Innovative reading, math, and Spanish programs that immerse students in an engaging and interactive environment. Used for reading interventions in Kindergarten - Grade 8 and for math interventions in Grades 7 - 8.
Lexia English:
Math 180 (part of Ed: Your Friend in Learning): A Tier 3 intervention tool for grades 7-12.
Read 180 (part of Ed: Your Friend in Learning): A Tier 3 intervention tool for grades 3-12.
Learning Ally: Audiobooks for Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities
Rhithm: For grades PK-6, a resource that provides immediate feedback regarding the well-being of students and staff.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Resources

iCEV: CTE Textbook Platform used in grades 7-12.
Savvas: An online textbook platform for CTE Grades 9-12.

World Languages Resources

Carnegie Learning: Online platform for adopted French, German, and Chinese textbook series.
EMC eBooks: Ebook, interactive practice, audio files, instructional resources for 5th & 6th grade Spanish / French FLES.
Imagine Español: A language and literacy product designed to address the specific features of the Spanish language. This resource is available to all AISD bilingual K-6 teachers and students.
Vista Higher Learning: Digital adoption for FLES Spanish & French, Spanish Language and Culture, and Spanish IV. Also used for AP French and AP German, as well as supplemental resources used in the Dual Language Academies.

Library and Research Tools

Destiny: The library management system used to circulate materials in the district.
Gale Databases: Various cross-curricular resources to support curriculum and technology TEKS.
SORASORA: An eBook/audiobook platform for all AISD students and staff.
Renzulli Learning: A differentiated search engine that students can use to explore in-depth topics and instruction based on a student's personalized profile. This application is available to Gifted and Talented Students in Grades 3-6 and Elementary Educators to find resources to differentiate instruction for advanced learners.

Additional Resources

Davis Digital: Digital textbooks for the art classroom.
Edugence (formerly Polaris): A data management system used to administer assessments developed at the district and/or campus level and to run reports with state and local assessment data.
Everfi: Financial Literacy App used in grades 7-12.
Explore Learning:
Learning.com: An online resource that provides solutions to help students, teachers, and schools excel in a digital world, focusing on digital literacy skills and covering the required K-8 Technology Application TEKS.
MindMup: A web-based mind mapping application intended for students and teachers grades 3-12.
MyHRW: Digital Textbooks for Psychology, Sociology, World History, US History
News-o-Matic: Engages students with interactive, daily nonfiction articles with a focus on ELA, science, social studies, and SEL.
TPSTPS: The Online Platform for the Law I textbooks
VoiceThread: A cloud application for grades 1-12 that allows users to upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and video.

Registration Information and Parent Self Serve

AISD strives to make the registration process quick and easy for parents. The Parent Self Serve (PSS) system allows parents to manage student information, complete online registration forms, and access important updates.

Registration for New Students

To register a child who is new to Arlington ISD, parents should follow these steps:

Visit the Arlington ISD website and navigate to the registration section.
Create a Parent Self Serve account or log in to an existing account.
Choose “Add a Student” in the drop-down list.
Complete the online registration forms, providing accurate information as listed on the certified birth certificate, including proper spelling, capitalization, spacing, and punctuation.
After completing step 11 in the online registration system and pressing the “Complete Online Forms" button, the parent should see an “Online Enrollment Confirmation” on the screen that includes a confirmation number and the recommended option to print the page.

Situations Requiring In-Person Campus Visit

In some cases, parents will need to visit the student’s campus prior to the first day of school to complete registration. This is required if:

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You have moved and your student is attending a new school this year.
Your student is new to Arlington ISD.
There is a custody/parent/guardian change for your student.
Your student is under the age of 12 and new to Arlington ISD.
Your student is coming back to Arlington ISD from another school district/system for this school year.

Addressing Common Issues

Recovering Username: If you need to recover your Parent Self Serve username, ensure that all spelling, capitalization, spacing, and punctuation are correct.
Incorrect School Displayed: The school displayed is based on the address provided in the system. If the address is incorrect, contact your child’s school to update it. If you have an approved transfer or letter of acceptance to an academy, contact the new school to update the information in the system.
School Not Available: Transfers are only available during the open transfer windows. Dates of the transfer windows are posted at aisd.net/transfer.
Custody Changes: If there has been a change to the parent/guardian on your account due to custody, contact the school to update the information in the system.

Additional Support

For general questions about the registration process, use the chat box on the AISD website. For technical issues, fill out the form provided on the website. Visit the school directory for the main office phone number for your school.

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